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Steve Sweigart hates all of the taxes he has to pay. So he sure wasn't going to pay sales tax on something that's not taxable, like heating oil for his home. "I pay enough taxes," said Sweigart, of South Whitehall Township, who recently was locked in a dispute with a Berks County fuel oil company about whether an oil delivery this year was taxable . The state tax code says it isn't, if it's bought for personal residential use. Countryside Fuel of Womelsdorf sent him past-due notices, charged him late fees and threatened to turn his account over to collections after Sweigart refused to pay $30.95 in state sales tax on a January oil delivery.

These recipes are from Reclam The Bay's cookbook, "Recipes Collected From The Bay. " The 88-page cookbook offers recipes for all kinds of New Jersey seafood. If you'd like a copy, send $12.50 ($10 for the book and $2.50 for shipping) to RCE of Ocean County — ReClam The Bay, 1623 Whitesville Road, Toms River, N.J. 08755. Don't be surprised if it creates a sudden urge to head for the beach! BATTERFRIED CLAMS •Clams: 2 dozen littleneck clams, shucked and drained 1/2 cup milk 1 egg yolk 1 Tbsp.

Gov. Tom Corbett recently proposed removing the cap on the oil company franchise tax on gasoline. He stated that it would "force oil and gas companies to pay their fair share. " The extra revenue would be used for repair and maintenance of our roads and bridges, which certainly need it. While this may sound good on the surface, the bottom line is that this cost will be passed down to consumers. This change will give Pennsylvania the distinction of having the highest gas taxes in the country, likely doubling to a whopping 75 cents per gallon.

We shared a great tip from Abby Weaver in Allentown last year who pours cooking oil into a plastic spray bottle to grease pans and casserole dishes rather than buying canned cooking spray. We estimated her tip would save you $295.40 over 20 years, so, of course, the feedback was phenomenal. One cheapster, however, wasn't doing cartwheels about our calculations. Sherry Kuzma in South Whitehall Township was skeptical about some of the assumptions we made in the On The Cheap lab. Experience has shown her that cheap spray bottles wear out over time, so you'd have to replace them, which would nullify any savings on oil. In response to Abby's tip, we also heard from Seth Opeil, marketing coordinator at Delta Industries, which makes cooking oil spray bottles for restaurants and institutions and wanted to start marketing them for household use. Seth sent us a sample bottle, and we passed it along to Sherry for a consumer test.

Allentown fire officials are advising some city residents they may be smelling an odor caused by a stolen pipes that causes a minor oil leak into a storm drain. Fire Capt. John Christopher said the smell may linger for about 30 hours as the heating oil makes its way east to the city's waste water treatment plant in the 100 block of Union Street. He said the leak was deemed harmless by state and federal environmental agencies. Christopher said the leak was caused after someone entered a vacant home on 15 t h Street and stole pipes.

1 cup of Himalayan pink salt crystals 1 cup of Epsom salt 3 tablespoons of avocado oil 3 teaspoons of glycerin 10 drops of lavender, rose or sandalwood essential oil Stir the mixture until well blended and store in a sealed and glass jar. You can use the mixture for 2-3 detox baths. * If you suffer from diabetes, hypertension, heart disease or if you are pregnant, consult your healthcare practitioner before doing any form of detox.

When a home smells good, it makes a favorable impression on visitors. This is exactly what home sellers want when they put their house on the market. The concept of ambient fragrancing started to trickle into the real estate market years ago. Savvy real estate agents advised sellers to bake cookies or cinnamon rolls in the homes they were showing to create a comforting, deliciously scented atmosphere meant to entice buyers. If you're trying to sell a home in today's challenging real estate market, you may have tried this technique.

A Catasauqua woman was charged Tuesday with taking part in a June 2012 burglary that stripped a Bethlehem house of $2,000 worth of copper pipes and flooded the home's basement with fuel oil. Esmeralda Walker, 34, of the 500 block of Poplar Street, carried out the 418 Broadway burglary with her teenage daughter and an Allentown woman, according to the police arrest affidavit. Walker was taken into custody 2 p.m. Tuesday at 526 N. Sixth St., Allentown, where police found a cocaine pipe in her shirt pocket, police said.

The drama is finally over, and the middle class was "saved" by the "rich" paying approximately $600 billion in higher taxes over the next decade. This compares with nearly $40 trillion in total tax collections projected over the same period. While President Obama is claiming "victory," this result was only achieved by threatening most of us with tax increases of $3.7 trillion. The methods used by Obama actually amounted to extortion as another recession was promised. The Wall Street Journal has opined that Obama's continuing goal is not to create jobs but to destroy the Republican Party.

A vandal or vandals broke into a Liberty Oil Co. facility in Port Carbon , Schuylkill County, on Dec. 25 or 26, damaging an oil tank and stealing items from parked trucks, according to state police at Schuylkill Haven. Police said someone cut a metal chain to gain access to the property through its main gate and tried and failed to break in to the main Liberty Oil Co. building, damaging the door handle. They attempted to open a valve on a 20,000-gallon oil tank and cut the electrical feed to some oil pumps.